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Receptionist at senator wellstone's former campaign

OFFICE, 2 AO 1 UNIVERSITY AVENUE , ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, RECEIVED
A PHONE CALL THREATENING THE LIFE OF THE SENATOR. THE PHONE
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SON BEING IN THE PERSIAN GOLF. THE CALLER ALSO STATED THAT
SENATOR WELLSTONE WAS KILLING THE AMERICAN TROOPS BY FAILING
TO BACK THE PRESIDENT. THE CALLER CONTINUED TO SAY THAT IF
HIS SON IN THE PERSIAN GULF DIES, THEN SENATOR WELLSTONE WILL
OIF. THE CALLER THEN ASKED HOW LONG SENATOR WELLSTONE WILL 3E

IN OFFICE. ]*EPLieO SIX YEARS, Tu WHICH THE CALLER

REPLIED, "HE WON'T 3F AROUND THAT LONG • M THE CALL wAS THEN
TERMINATED BY THE CALLER.

| DESCRIBED THE CALLER AS FOLLOWS:

BELIEVES TO BE A WHITE MALE, MEDIUM TONE VOICE, SOUNDEO
LIKE A BLUE COLLAR WORKER.

ADVISED THE CALL WAS CLEAR AND BELIEVED IT TO BE

A LOCAL CALL,

ALL PROPER NOTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE, TO INCLUDE THE
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE,

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SENATOR WELLSTONE TO THE CAPITAL POLICE.

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1/15/91

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1 Edina, Minnesota, telephone ! 1 was

advised of the identity of the interviewing agent and the purpose
of the interview. She then furnished the following information:

is employed as a receptionist at Senator PAUL

WELLSTONE's office, 2401 University Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota.
She has held her present position for approximately one week.
Previous to this , she worked part-time as a staffer on the
WELLSTONE campaign committee.

On 1/14/91 at approximately 5:15 p . m . j |

received a phone call at WELLSTONE’s office on telephone "line
612-659-0103. The caller advised that he had a son in the
Persian Gulf, and that WELLSTONE was killing the American troops
by failing to back the President. The caller continued to say
that if his son in the Persian Gulf dies, then WELLSTONE will
die. Th e caller t hen asked how much longer WELLSTONE will be in
office. replied six years, at which time the caller

replied "he won’t be around that long."

I I then held the phone up and advised \ I j;

WELLSTONE's Stat e Direct or, that she had a threatening
phone cal l . By the time 1 I came over to her, the caller, had

hung up. j I believed the call lasted approximately one and

a half minutes. The caller’s voice did not sound familiar to
her, and she further advised that her office answers 300 to 6 00
phone calls per day. believed that the call was local.

described the caller as follows:
white male

loud and yelling voice
midwestern accent
angry and passionate rhetoric
good grammar

possibly a blue collar worker

Investigation on 1/15/ 91

at ST. PAUL

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Date dictated

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1/15/91

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency;
it and its contents are not to be distributed- outside your agency.

Memorandum

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SAC, MINNEAPOLIS

Date 1/17/91

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SENATORyffAU.L. W ELLSTONE - VICTIM
ASSASSINATION , KIDNAP, ASSAULT

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OF CONGRESS

On Janua ry 17, 1990, at approximately 8:10 A.M. ,

receptionist, Senator PAUL WELLSTONE 's Office,

24 01 University Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota, telephone 659-0103,
advised on January 17, 1990, at approximately 8:00 A.M., she
received telephone call from an individual, who threatened
Senator WELLSTONE.

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stated he lives in ^Minneapol is , works

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for a large company and is "proud of the war”. ^

stated, in part, that ’’Senator WELLSTONE could be assassinated
but not by me but by upper levels of government.”

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Date 1/17/91

FM FBI MINNEAPOLIS ( 89A-MP-32422 ) (P)
TO DIRECTOR FBI/ROUTINE/

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CITE: //3480//

SUBJECT: "CHANGED"; UNSUB; PAUL WELLSTONE, U.S. SENATOR -

VICTIM; ASSAULT - MEMBER OF CONGRESS (A); 00: MINNEAPOLIS.

TITLE MARKED "CHANGED" TO REFLECT THE NEW CLASSIFICATION
OF "ASSAULT - MEMBER OF CONGRESS." THE INITIAL CLASSIFICATION
WAS SHOWN AS EXTORTION.

RE MINNEAPOLIS TELETYPE TO THE DIRECTOR DATED 1/15/91,

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UNIT, TO MINNEAPOLIS ON 1/16/91.

FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE BUREAU, ALL FUTURE
COMMUNICATIONS IN THIS MATTER WILL BE UNDER THE CLASSIFICATION

"ASSAULT - MEMBER OF CONGRESS."

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Date 1/15/91

FM FBI MINNEAPOLIS
TO DIRECTOR FBI/IMMEDIATE/
FBI WMFO/ IMMEDIATE/

UNCLAS

CITE: //2770//

PASS: BUREAU: VIOLENT CRIMES SECTION.

SUBJECT: UNSUB; SENATOR PAUL WELLSTONE-VICTIM ? THREATENING

PHONE CALL; AFO ; 00: MINNEAPOLIS.

ON 1/14/91, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:15 P.M. , |

RECEPTIONIST AT SENATOR WELLSTONE'S FORMER CAMPAIGN

OFFICE, 2401 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, RECEIVED
A PHONE CALL THREATENING THE LIFE OF THE SENATOR. THE PHONE

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CALL CAME IN ON TELEPHONE LINE 612/659-0103. b7

I STATED THAT THE CALLER WAS HIGHLY UPSET OVER HIS

SON BEING IN THE PERSIAN GULF. THE CALLER ALSO STATED THAT

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SENATOR WELLS TONE WAS KILLING THE AMERICAN TROOPS BY FAILING
TO BACK THE PRESIDENT. THE CALLER CONTINUED TO SAY THAT IF
HIS SON IN THE PERSIAN GULF DIES, THEN SENATOR WELLSTONE WILL
DIE. THE CALLER THEN ASKED HOW LONG SENATOR WELLSTONE WILL BE
IN OFFICE.

I REPLIED SIX YEARS, TO WHICH THE CALLER
REPLIED, "HE WON'T BE AROUND THAT LONG." THE CALL WAS THEN
TERMINATED BY THE CALLER.

DESCRIBED THE CALLER AS FOLLOWS:

BELIEVES TO BE A WHITE MALE, MEDIUM TONE VOICE, SOUNDED b6

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LIKE A BLUE COLLAR WORKER.

ADVISED THE CALL WAS CLEAR AND BELIEVED IT TO BE

A LOCAL CALL.

ALL PROPER NOTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE, TO INCLUDE THE
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE.

LEAD:

AT WMFO :

WILL DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE THREAT TO
SENATOR WELLSTONE TO THE CAPITAL POLICE.